Happy 15th birthday, Agnetha Dollskog

 We've entered the year of 15th anniversaries for my dolls, which is so crazy to me.  15 years is a long time to be celebrating a literal doll's birthday, but there's nothing wrong with it.  Happy 15 years to my first homemade ABBA doll. :'D

 

Happy 14th birthday, Benny Anderdoll

 14 years ago today, I put in the finishing stitches on my homemade Benny doll. :D

 

Happy 14th birthday, Bjorn Uldollus

 And just like that, today we celebrate 14 years since I put in the finishing stitches of my homemade Bjorn doll.  :'D   Happy birthday Bjorn Uldollus!

 

Happy 14th birthday, Frida Dollstad

 14 years ago I put in the final stitches on my homemade Frida doll! :D

Happy 14th birthday, Agnetha Dollskog

 Today marks 14 years since I added in the final stitches to my very obviously homemade Agnetha doll, the one that started my years long journey/need to recreate every single ABBA costume as accurately as possible in miniature form....  It's kind of crazy that my doll are now older than I was when I first started this blog back in 2013, lol.  I'm grateful and glad these dolls are still holding despite being battered and bruised, and I hope they continue to hold up. :')

Cat Plushies

 So many years ago, over a decade by now, I had the idea to make for myself custom ABBA cat plushies based off of the cats that Owe Sandstrom designed for Agnetha and Frida's cat dresses!  But as we know, I am a girl with procrastination tendencies and hyperfixations, likely ADHD but I am currently undiagnosed, so the project was left unfinished with just the base of Agnetha's blue cat sewn.  I actually never posted about it, and even though I see this unfinished cat plush around my sewing area every once in a blue moon, I could not for the life of my find it so you'll just have to believe me that it exists.  

Recently, ABBA the Museum came out with the same independent idea of selling plush versions of Agnetha and Frida's cats, and let me tell you I was soooo happy when I found this out because a. obviously as they're official they are going to be so much better than any sloppy cat plush I was trying to make, and b. it means I don't have to finish my plush concept anymore!  I fell in love with these cats as soon as they came out, determined to get my hands on them ASAP, and that time finally arrived!

With Black Friday deals (which aren't really much a deal but certainly work to entice impulsive and kinda financially irresponsible buyers like myself), the cat plushies were on sale at a reduced price, so I couldn't help myself!  

And here they are!

I honestly think these are absolutely brilliant.  They are extremely well made, and each cat has printed on details.  I will say, they are not 1000% accurate, like there are designs and sequins that are not in the exact same place as the original cat, and some creative liberties were certainly made as it's really difficult to translate a 2d drawing into a 3d cat plush.  (Also Agnetha's cat is missing the greenish tinge on the ears but that's me being nitpicky.) For what it is, it's really really good and I couldn't be more impressed.  As a collector of many stuffed animals, these two are going to fit perfectly in with the monstrous amounts of plushies, webkinz, and famous social media stuffed animals that is my room.

Frida's cat:

Agnetha's cat:

Overall, I am quite happy to add these two cats to my ABBA collection, and I also got this fun ABBA t-shirt as well because who can say no to more ABBA t-shirts?

Happy 13th birthday, Benny Anderdoll

 Today marks 13 years since I officially completed my fourth and final homemade ABBA doll!  Happy birthday Benny Anderdoll!

Costume updates...

 2 and a half years ago, I began recreating these 1975 tour outfits again because you know me, I'm never satisfied.  But this project was actually a nightmare to work on, with several rage quits and lots of money spent...  But, they're finally done.  Unfortunately these are not my favorite recreations ever, which I of course explained in more detail on my sewing blog, but it is what it is, and I did the best I could with what I had. :3

Happy 13th birthday, Bjorn Uldollus

 Today marks 13 years since I put in the final stitches on my homemade ABBA dolls, officially completing 3/4 ABBA members.  

I realize how weird it is to be celebrating the birthdays of literal cloth dolls, but who cares haha.  Happy birthday, Bjorn Doll

Mini Cat Dresses

 So I made Barbie-sized cat dresses for my barbies that vaguely resemble Agnetha and Frida.  As usual, a more detailed post is on my sewing blog, and I actually filmed a random video while I was making this that's on my YouTube channel. :3

Velvet Jumpsuits

 Last night I finished a new set of costumes...  Two new sets of costumes actually.  ABBA's velvet jumpsuits from 1976, and ABBA's Voyage jumpsuits that are recreations of the 1976 jumpsuits. :D

As usual, a more detailed post is available on my sewing blog.

New Doll Costumes - White And Gold

 Last night I finally got around to finishing my most recent doll costume recreations: ABBA's white and gold costumes from early 1979.

As usual, a more detailed post on these outfits is on my sewing blog.  :)

Happy 13th birthday, Frida Dollstad

 Today marks 13 years since I put in the finishing stitches on my homemade Frida doll.  Wow.  Happy birthday Frida doll. :3

Happy 13th Birthday Agnetha Dollskog

 And so the birthday cycle begins again.  13 years ago today I put in the finishing stitches to my homemade Agnetha doll.  It's hard to believe that I first started making these dolls when I was a child still, and somehow they're still around.  It's a shame their faces are a little tattered, and I have some plans to try to strengthen them up a bit, but for now, they're looking pretty decent for 13 year olds. :'D  (And yes these are new costumes that I'm *supposed* to be working on...)

Happy 12th birthday, Benny Anderdoll

 Another dolly birthday coming up!  Happy 12th birthday to the last but certainly not least of my ABBA doll collection - Benny Anderdoll. :D

Ring Ring?

 Look, I made a new set of costumes for my dolls! :D As usual, a more detailed post is up on my sewing blog, but here they are for you to see. :)  These outfits were frustrating, complicated, and difficult in some ways to make, mostly because of all the glue I used, lol, but I think they turned out pretty decent.

Happy 12th birthday, Bjorn Uldollus

 Today marks 12 years since I put in the finishing stitches of my Bjorn doll.  Happy 12 birthday lol. 

 

 (And yes I am actively working on a new set of costumes...)

Supapa Troupapa

 Guess who made a new ABBA costume for my dolls. :3  I made Agnetha's outfit a few years ago, but gave it a quick update, but made Frida's outfit completely new today.  As always, more details on my sewing blog. 

 

Money money money

 I recently finished my latest batch of doll costumes, this time of ABBA's 1976 flapper-style outfits.  For a more detailed post, feel free to check out my sewing blog. :3

For a little update from me, unfortunately my dear budgie, Skyler passed away on March 1st.  He had a mass in his liver, and the last two months he was very sick.  He was my everything, we did almost everything together, we got to witness ABBA's comeback together, he'd sit on my shoulder while I sewed and drew, though he wasn't a big fan of when I was working on my book a year ago.  He didn't like that I was putting all my attention to my drawing tablet instead of him, haha.

 He was a really sweet bird, the best little guy a girl like me could ask for.  I miss him so much, but I'm just so grateful for the time that we had together.  I love you Skyler.

 

Happy 12th Birthday, Agnetha Dollskog

 Today marks 12 years since I put in the finishing stitches on my homemade Agnetha doll, the first of many.  Happy birthday, Agnetha Dollskog. :)